Jim:
Just to verify that we are at the same page.
IEEE 802.11i standard uses 802.1x to achieve:
1. Mutual authentication between the client(supplicant) and the network.
2. Key management.
Now, 802.1x provides a mechanism for transmiting global key information, however,
it doesn't specify when or for what reason such information is transmitted. This is
where 802.11i standard comes into play: it defines two handshakes: pairwise
key and group key. These handshakes are used to set & transmit unicast and
broadcast keys.
Coming back to your email, "an interface to freeradius for 802.11i". To support
802.11i, you can use www.open1x.org open source code which does the 802.1x
functionality. On top of this, we would be needing a layer of "key management"
which would almost complete the 802.11i draft implementation.
Do you agree?
Regards,
Nikhil.
Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nikhil,
I am interested in 802.11i and freeradius also.
I honestly don't know much about freeradius.
I posted a few weeks ago about an interface to
freeradius for 802.11i, but did not get much responce.
I would think there is some one out there that atlest
is thinking about 802.11i, or WPA.
I been eyeing the new Linksys 802.11g products, and would
like to know of a way to set them up with freeradius and
use 802.11i or WPA for access controll. With the ability
for the clients bridge to connect automaticaly, with out
the need to log in with a browser or other software.
Maybe there is already open source out there to do this,
but if there is, I don't know about it.
Jim Martz,
Nikhil Chauhan wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> Is their any open source code for the 4-way pairwise key handshake and
> the
>
> Group key handshake based on the 802.11i draft? It seems that the
> open1x code
>
> doesn't establish the handshake process.
>
> I apologize for posting this one to the freeradius mailing list, but
> the list has some
>
> veterans who tested the open1x functionality and might be able to give
> me some
>
> pointers
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nikhil.
>
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